Everyones body is different when they start lifting. I have also re-arranged my workout schedule around league or bigger tournaments. It makes a difference in my game also lifting in the morning can also help. It gives your muscles the entire day to recover before a league match. I also reccomend getting on creatine, but you need to make sure are drinking enough water for it to really help you. I have found that it really cuts my muscle recovery time as long as you stay consistent.
Playing Pool and Lifting Weights???
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I work out regularly with weights. My muscles are used to it, so it doesn't seem to affect my stroke.
I've found it better for my pool game to use more repetitions with lighter weights. For example, 3 or 4 sets of 20 standing curls with 25 pound dumbells is better than 2 sets of 10 with 35 pounds. My muscles and joints aren't as sore with the lighter weight.
Chris
I've found it better for my pool game to use more repetitions with lighter weights. For example, 3 or 4 sets of 20 standing curls with 25 pound dumbells is better than 2 sets of 10 with 35 pounds. My muscles and joints aren't as sore with the lighter weight.
Chris
I asked Barretta in her Ask the Pro section about lifting weights. Basically, even though she's lifted for a while and her muscles are pretty used to it, she tends to avoid working out her arms,etc... right before a tourney.
Lifting weights will mess you up if you haven't done it in a while and your muscles aren't used to it. The same thing with basketball; I used to lift real heavy weights and sometimes the next day I'd fire up shots that would barely hit the rim. Seems its real hard to follow through straight.
Once your muscles are pretty used to working out, though, I think some weight training might help people break a little harder. I doubt it helps anyone stroke any straighter though...
Lifting weights will mess you up if you haven't done it in a while and your muscles aren't used to it. The same thing with basketball; I used to lift real heavy weights and sometimes the next day I'd fire up shots that would barely hit the rim. Seems its real hard to follow through straight.
Once your muscles are pretty used to working out, though, I think some weight training might help people break a little harder. I doubt it helps anyone stroke any straighter though...
CamposCues said:
In your case it may have had an effect because your muscles were excessively fatigued due to your lifting for the first time in "a million years."
At my advanced age I still manage to run 5 miles every day and in addition I lift 3 or 4 days a week. I notice no difference when it comes to my pool playing on the days when I lift, but I do the same routine each time. I used to work with a professional body builder who would do different routines in order to "shock" his muscles into new growth. In that case it would probably effect your pool shooting if you did a shoulder or arm workout.
IMO if you make the weight lifting a regular thing your body will adapt to it and it won't hurt your pool shooting, might even help it.
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I had league again last night and I stretched out my pecs (man boobs), shoulders, bis, and tris. This helped and I shot like normal. I'm going to start doing upper body Fri. - Sun., so it will give me plenty of recovery time by league on Wed. and Thur. Once I'm back in shape, like you all mentioned, it probably won't be an issue.
Thanks for all the input and experiences. I never should have let myself get this out of shape. It's hard though when you work on a computer all day and drink beer and shoot pool at night. But hey, I'm back at it now and hopefully I can shed a bra size, ha, ha.
I had league again last night and I stretched out my pecs (man boobs), shoulders, bis, and tris. This helped and I shot like normal. I'm going to start doing upper body Fri. - Sun., so it will give me plenty of recovery time by league on Wed. and Thur. Once I'm back in shape, like you all mentioned, it probably won't be an issue.
Thanks for all the input and experiences. I never should have let myself get this out of shape. It's hard though when you work on a computer all day and drink beer and shoot pool at night. But hey, I'm back at it now and hopefully I can shed a bra size, ha, ha.
CamposCues said:
I saw a story a few years ago in a running magazine about a guy who ran 50 marathons (26.2 miles) in a year to celebrate his 50th birthday. He originally planned to only run the weekly race and do no running during the week because he figured his body would need the time to recover. After a few weeks he discovered that he was actually getting out of shape by just running one marathon a week so he started running each day during the week in addition to the weekly marathon.
He said this: "The human body is a lazy bum. The mind has to push the body."